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Kintzer, Künzer, Kuentzer, Küntzer |
| Early East Tennessee |
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Before the 1600s East Tennessee was populated by Indians,
primarily the Cherokee but with smaller populations of other tribes. The
name Tennessee comes from the name of a principle Cherokee town called
Tanasi. First a few French and English fur traders came to establish posts
for trading with the Indians, trading guns, blankets, axes, knives for
fur. Sending the furs by pack trains or down the rivers on keelboats to
port cities like Charles Town (Charleston). By the 1700s the high value of
furs brought the long hunters, men such as Davey Crockett. Jacob Kinser, Jr. and Sr. appear, along with Peter Kinser, in the 1809 Greene County, Tennessee Tax records all residing on Licking Creek. John Kinser is added to this small group of Kinsers in 1811 and George in 1813. Greene County, Tennessee deed indexes record transfers for Jacob, John and Peter Kinser in 1813. Adam Kinser appears in 1826. Greene County was formed in 1783 and Monroe and McMinn Counties from Greene in 1819. John Kinser, Sr., (#16) born February 24, 1793, in Virginia, was married February 27, 1810, to Sussannah Mesimer, born Dec. 10, 1792, in Pennsylvania. John died July 12, 1873. John and Sussannah are the East Tennessee ancestors of our branch of the Kinser family. Records of John's parents have not been found and there are differing opinions as to their identity. . |
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© R. C. Kinser Last
update February 20, 2007 |